C-Suite Conversations with Dr. Patrick Leddin

Join human resource executive and the former head of Talent Development for CVS, Ted Fleming, as he offers invaluable insights on how to be more deliberate about your career development. Ted shares practical tips sure to improve your strategy regardless of where you’re at with your career.

Join LinkedIn’s Chief Product Officer, Tomer Cohen, as he reflects on common threads that tie together most career trajectories. Tomer discusses how to maximize your LinkedIn profile, build a high-quality network, understand your unique career development process, and how to most effectively build your influence.

Join Chief People Officer of HP, Kristen Ludgate, as she offers solutions that help people and teams innovate, transform, and advance their business. Kristen shares how you can be more effective in a hybrid workspace and explores ways to foster a healthy culture by delivering equitable outcomes.

Join Chief Learning Officer of Udemy, Melissa Daimler, as she offers insights on impactful ways leaders can design, optimize, and scale their culture. Melissa shares how to balance being forward thinking while also being efficient enough to focus on what’s in front of you in an effort ensure your organization’s culture is happening by design rather than by default.

Join Coursera’s Chief Content Officer, Dr. Betty Vandenbosch, as she shares insights on future of learning development. Betty discusses the profound power education has in your professional development and touts the importance of lifelong learning for your personal and professional life.

Join Chairman and CEO of Genesys, Tony Bates, as he offers insights on how empathy can be a force multiplier for any organization. Tony shares how well employee being is imperative when building organizational culture, prompting a mindset shift from business metrics to human-centric metrics.

Join IBM’s Chief Human Resource Officer, Nickle LaMoreaux, as she discusses how experimentation, intention, and cocreation can become leadership strengths. Nickle discusses ways to attract and retain the best talent by fostering a culture of empathy, transparency, and humility.

Join Executive Vice President and Chief Customer Officer for Nationwide Insurance, Amy Shore, as she reflects on the importance of having clarity of purpose as an organization. To Amy, that starts with discovering how people are wired and what’s motivating them by making listening a priority in the workplace.

Join Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer of 3M, Zoe Dickson, as she discusses the vital role resilience, adaptability, and trust play in an organization’s culture where everyone belongs, learns, innovates, and thrives.

Join EVP and Chief Marketing Officer of the Atlanta Hawks and State Farm Arena, Melissa Proctor, as she reflects on her career journey. Melissa shares lessons she’s learned as she’s gone from ball girl to CMO, with a focus on finding creative solutions to consistently changing business challenges.

Join CEO and Founder of Vatom, Eric Pulier as he draws from his experience as an entrepreneur and founder of more than 15 companies to demystify the ever-evolving tech industry. Eric discusses how advancing technology will continue to influence the future of business, pointing to increased engagement and ownership as key factors for success.

Join founder and CEO of Centiro, Niklas Hedin, as he shares the impact The 7 Habits has had on what he calls a human-centric leadership style based in authenticity and transparency.

Join Senior Vice President and Chief People and Purpose Officer of DICK’s Sporting Goods, Julie Lodge-Jarrett as she discusses the incomparable value of diversity in the workplace. Julie shares how she’s learned to lead out with confidence while being agile enough to recognize when your way isn’t necessarily the right way.

Join serial technology entrepreneur and CEO and co-founder of Colossal Biosciences, Ben Lamm, as he discusses the most important factors to consider when selling a business. Ben shares his experiences, illustrating what worked for him and the lessons he learned from what didn’t work.

Join Wendy’s President of International and Chief Development Officer, Abigail Pringle, as she reflects on the importance of high-quality standards, not just in the food industry, but as a foundational factor that can make or break an organization.

Join Cirque du Soleil’s president of resident shows and affiliate shows, Eric Grilly, as he recounts how live entertainment has evolved in recent years. Eric points to resilience, teamwork, and talent as foundational elements to continued transformation and growth in the future of the industry.

Join Julie Cordua, CEO of digital child protective agency Thorn, as she shares what leaders, teachers, parents, organizations, and every single one of us can do to prevent children from becoming victims of online predators.

Learn from Young Presidents’ Organization CEO, Xavier Mufraggi, as he reflects on the ways a leader is, in fact, the culture of an organization. Xavier shares how his leadership paradigm to help, support, and serve contributes to his goal to leave a legacy marked by impact.

Join UPS’ Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, Kevin Warren, as he shares his highly developed perspective on data-centric business and non-traditional engagement channels. His experiences and wisdom sheds light on how to drive positive change, set new standards, and always keep the focus on the customer first.

Join the CEO of OpenTable, Debby Soo, as she discusses how building a culture of high trust creates an imperative psychological level of safety that allows people to make mistakes and take risks.

Take time to learn why sports matter to everyone at all ages with Religion of Sports CEO Ameeth Sankaran, who outlines the common thread in greatness, whether it be in sports or in our personal and professional lives.

Join Martine Ferland as she reflects on what she’s learned about being agile and navigating change since taking on her current role as the President and CEO of Mercer in 2019. Learn how fostering feelings of achievement, belonging, and equity within an organization can lead to its ongoing success during what has been referred to as The Great Re-Evaluation.

Join the CEO of Marriott International as he outlines the roles that transparent communication, deliberate and engaged listening, and intellectual curiosity play in the overall success of an organization. He explores the leadership competencies necessary to transition a team from survival mode to recovery mode in challenging times and shares how to consistently and effectively convey messages ever...

Join CEO of Hilton, Chris Nassetta, as he outlines his journey from his first hotel job cleaning toilets to now leading one of the world’s most renowned hospitality brands. He shares how his experiences navigating change, learning from struggle, and being a shock absorber in challenging times have taught him the importance of keeping a steady hand on the wheel as a leader.

Join co-founder, former president and COO of Ritz-Carlton, Horst Schulze as he defines the true meaning of service excellence. He explores how to shift your mindset from working to work, to working to serve while sharing leadership insights from more than 70 years in the hospitality industry.